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Health Outcomes of Tai Chi in Subsidized Senior Housing

NCT02346136 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2020-02-21

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Summary

The proposed study will determine whether Tai Chi is an effective and practical intervention to improve overall function and lower health care utilization in an expensive, vulnerable population of seniors that is more representative of many US communities than those previously studied. If the results are favorable, our study will also provide the necessary training and protocol manuals to replicate Tai Chi programs in senior housing facilities across the nation to help prevent, better manage, and overcome frailty among seniors.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi training

BEHAVIORAL

Educational Control

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brandeis University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Massachusetts, Boston

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hebrew SeniorLife

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lewis Lipsitz, MD · Director, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife

  • Peter Wayne, PhD · Research Director, Osher Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2018-01-10
Completion
2018-01-26

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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